The NU National Board Leadership Center is hosting a webinar for National Board Certified Teachers who are interested in serving National Board candidates as coaches. Coaching candidates if a fantastic opportunity to support other teachers who are going through the same challenges you experienced becoming certified, and to give back if you benefited from coaching as you went through the process. It is not only a rewarding experience, but it also become potential professional growth experiences that many NBCTs find they are able to use as part of their renewal process. Regardless, supporting other candidates is a hallmark of accomplished teacher leadership.

Our coach volunteers fulfill our center's mission to teach, lead and serve, and are central to the success of our program, and we do our best to train and support our coaches as they fulfill that mission. Our webinar is designed to provide basic guidelines for providing ethical candidate support, strategies for effective coaching, and approaches utilizing technology to facilitate the coaching process.

If you are currently coaching candidates or would like to get started, please consider joining our session which takes place on Saturday, November 14, from 8:30am-10:30am Pacific (11:30am-1:30pm Eastern). Register for the session by clicking HERE.

I am reaching out to all of our National Board Certified teachers who completed their certification following their master’s degree. In recognition of your service and achievement in the field of teaching, proven through your current National Board Certification, issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, we are authorizing the following accelerated waivers for you through a special partnership between National University, the National University National Board Leadership Center, and City University of Seattle.

Based on your work with the National Boards, you are granted 18 credits in accelerated waivers. Using the accelerated waivers, related to the National Board Certification, reduces the required work from 90 quarter credits to 72 quarter credits for the degree. Additionally, you are still eligible to transfer up to 12 quarter credits of work from a master’s degree into your program of study, as long as transferability requirements are met.

What does this mean for you? What this means is that should you decide to join City University of Seattle’s Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Leadership program, you would already have completed 30 doctoral credits – which is the equivalent of 1/3 of your doctoral program! If earning a doctorate is a goal of yours, this opportunity could reduce your program costs to $33,020 (at the current tuition rate), and reduce your time to completion for the doctoral coursework (not including the dissertation) to seven (7) quarters.

CityU doctoral graduates have shared that the Ed.D. program transformed their leadership careers. It could also transform yours.We would be happy to conduct afree formal analysis of your coursework and provide you with a personalized program plan of where you are now and how this program could take you to where you want to go.

Here are some things that may interest you about this program:

Our students are achieving their career goals: CityU’s doctoral students are serving in, or transitioning to, executive roles such as presidents, deans, superintendents, CEOs, executive directors, board members, and other senior roles. Many of these leaders are also giving back in meaningful ways by teaching, consulting, coaching, and developing future leaders.

High student satisfaction: 94.3% of Ed.D. students who responded to the student satisfaction survey in 2015 were “satisfied” or “highly satisfied” with their student experience. 98.1% of our students would recommend CityU to their friends, family members, and colleagues.

High retention rates: The Ed.D. program achieved 87% retention rates year over year, which is high for online programs, and exceptionally high for online doctoral programs.

Regional accreditation: CityU’s Ed.D. program was recognized and commended for its academic rigor, high quality curriculum, and extensive student support in their 2013 visit, in which the committee formally accredited CityU as a doctoral-granting institution 18 months ahead of schedule.

Recognized for its ongoing student support to help students make the transition as scholars, practitioners, and leaders.

If you’re ready to advance your career and complete something you have already started, we can help. Email me and we’ll discuss any questions you have. We look forward to hearing from you and hope you take advantage of this great opportunity.